Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old travel Blog photograph of a pedestrian bridge over the River Tweed by Stobo in Tweeddale, located 5 miles West of Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is a river 97 miles long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. The Tweed is one of the great salmon fishing rivers of Britain.
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Old travel Blog photograph of a World War One Red Cross Nurse in Fossoway, Perthshire, Scotland. During World War One branches of the Red Cross had groups of volunteers called Voluntary Aid Detachments, often abbreviated to VAD. Voluntary Aid Detachment members themselves came to be known simply as VADs. Famous women who volunteered for the Red Cross during the war include: Agatha Christie who served as a VAD nurse at a hospital in Torquay, England. Enid Bagnold, author of National Velvet and The Chalk Garden. She served in London as a VAD. The Parish of Fossoway was combined with the parish of Tullibole which is one of the oldest parishes in Scotland and records show that it was in existence before 1574. In 1614 the parishes were combined when the church at Tullibole was abandonded. It is said that Fossoway churchyard was used, in the 17th century, by a coven of Scottish witches, eleven of whom were burned at the stake in the village of the Crook of Devon.
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Old travel Blog photograph of the Manse in Glendevon, Perthshire, Scotland. A manse is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, United church, Baptist and other traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin mansus, " dwelling ", from manere, " to remain ", by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family. Many notable Scots have been called " sons, or daughters, of the manse", and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture. When selling a former manse, the Church of Scotland always requires that the property should not be called " The Manse " by the new owners, but " The Old Manse " This Scottish glen is located near the small town of Auchterarder and Gleneagles Hotel. The glen stretches south eastwards from the source of the River Devon to Yetts o' Muckhart.
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Old travel Blog photograph of Kirkgate cemetery by Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. Kirkgate has many very interesting gravestones as well as views over the loch to Loch Leven Castle Island, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
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Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive down Clepington Road and around the city to the Discovery Point on ancestry visit to Dundee, Scotland. Clepington Road was the main access to the two estates of Easter Clepington and Wester Clepington, these being divided by part of the old Glamis Road, which runs from Dens Road to Clepington Road. Discovery Point is a world class visitor attraction which centres round Captain Scott of the Antarctic's Dundee built ship RRS Discovery.
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